Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter on Wednesday likened the tense phone call this week between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a “lovers’ spat.”
“Lovers have spats.
They may have had a little lovers’ spat this week.
That’s okay When we’re so close, we’re going to have conservations sometimes that are heated,” he told reporters outside the State Department. “But the bottom line is that America, Israel, Lebanon are united on keeping Iran out of the equation.
That’s the most important thing.”
Axios reported that President Trump called Prime Minister Netanyahu “fucking crazy” and accused him of ingratitude during a call Monday over Israel’s plans to escalate its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
President Trump confirmed the reporting in an interview with Pod Force One.
“I did.
I wouldn’t say angry.
I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon.
You know, at some point I said, ‘Bibi we got to stop this.
We got to stop it,’” he said.
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